T. Desmond Williams

Thomas Desmond Williams (26 May 1921 – 18 January 1987) was an Irish academic and Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin (UCD) from 1949 to 1983 and joint editor of Irish Historical Studies from 1938 till 1973. Although Williams published little he has had "considerable" influence on Irish historiography.[1] He worked as a British intelligence operative during the Second World War. -Wikipedia